AKADi Magazine
The AKADi Magazine Podcast connects communities through conversations. Hosted by editor Abena Sεwaa, these conversations aim to inform, inspire and illuminate the work of Ghanaians globally. Listen to the powerful narratives of everyday people making transformative cultural change in their communities. And find out how you can be part of that story too. https://linktr.ee/AKADiMag
Episodes
78 episodes
S7Ep5| BOOK CLUB: 'Rootless' - a conversation with Krystle Zara Appiah
Listen to Krystle Zara Appiah, author of the award-winning novel ‘Rootless’ and the first published author to join our book club session as a special guest. We’ve been meeting every month since September ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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S7Ep4| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 2
You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs?We spoke to the family of the late Dick Essilfie-Bo...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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S7Ep3| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 1
You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs?We spoke to the family of the late D...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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S7Ep2| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 2
The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer.This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by li...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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S7Ep1| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 1
The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer.This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by li...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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59:41
S6Ep12| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 2
Hello and welcome to another episode of AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities podcast, produced by Kamo. My name is Abena Sewaa, the editor of AKADi Magazine, and you were just listening to Stephen Barnabis, founder ...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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30:42
S6Ep11| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 1
London-based organisation Cultural Games Association (CGA) UK believes that education the next generation about the social, cultural and health benefits of traditional games played in African ...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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S6Ep10| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 2 - with Ibrahim Mahama
Some of the labour used to build Ghana’s railways came from the north of the country but there’s never been a railway in the region. But award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, in one of his latest installations, is interro...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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S6Ep9| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 1 - with Ibrahim Mahama
Award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama is the founder of three art spaces in Tamale, Northern Ghana: Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) and Nkrumah Voli-ni.These arts spaces act as a repository for ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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36:08
S6Ep8| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 2 - with Gorges Ocloo
'The Golden Stool, or the Story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa' is an opera performance that debuts at the London's Barbican on 14 October.https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/the-golden-stool-or-the-story-of-nana-yaa-asantewaa&nb...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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22:58
S6Ep7| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 1 - with Gorges Ocloo
Gorges Ocloo is a multi-disciplinary artist whose expertise includes performance art, contemporary dance – he is a stage director, librettist and composer and co-artistic director of Antwerp-based performing arts theatre Toneelhuis in Belgium.<...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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23:08
S6Ep6| REMEMBERING AN EWE KING - The Adamah Papers exhibition
The ‘Family Ties: Adamah Papers’ exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London is a collection of letters, documents and old newspapers belonging to an Ewe Fia (king). These papers are significant because they are th...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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S6 Ep5| CHAMPIONING ACTIVISM THROUGH POETRY - a chat with Poetivist
Epistles From Nkrumah Krom is a thought-provoking poetry performance designed with a symbolic language to reflect on contemporary issues from the vibrant streets of Accra.Poetivist and friends will take you on a journey through the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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S6 Ep4| FROM BEDTIME STORIES TO 3-D ANIMATION part 2 - a chat with executive producer Emmanuel Sampene
Executive producer Emmanuel Sampene talks about schooling in Ghana, studying in the USA and pivoting from a career solely in academia to creating his 3-D animation series Turkey Pinky Pants.'Turkey Pinky Pants' has been selected for...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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30:18
S6 Ep3| FROM BEDTIME STORIES TO 3-D ANIMATION part 1 - a chat with executive producer Emmanuel Sampene
Executive producer Emmanuel Sampene’s 3-D animation series Turkey Pinky Pants was inspired by the bedtime stories he used to tell his children.'Turkey Pinky Pants' has been selected for the Cinemagic Hollywood Film Festival in the B...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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S6 Ep2| PIDGIN POWER part 2: uniting audiences through opera
In this two-part episode, we speak to two inspiring women who are central to this opera - Louisa Adjoa Martin who has over 20 years’ experience as an opera singer performing with symphony choruses and is a soprano voice in this opera.
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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38:00
S6 Ep1| PIDGIN POWER part 1: uniting audiences through opera
In this two-part episode, we speak to two inspiring women who are central to this opera - Helen Epega, also known as the Venus Bushfires, who composed and wrote Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera and is the lead vocalist in the performance....
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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27:42
S5 Ep12| LIVING WITH AUTISM - one mother's story
Autism is a developmental brain condition that affects people’s ability to communicate, and influences how sufferers process the world around them. In this episode, we look at the story of one mother who shares how she got to terms with her son...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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6:31
S5 EP11| SUPERSTITION AND TRAUMA part 2 - a chat with author Marie-Claire Amuah
Marie-Claire is the author of ‘One For Sorrow, Two For Joy’ - a book that explores the impact of unresolved childhood trauma in adult life.She wrote the book during the COVID-19 pandemic and recalls writing 54,000 words in two mon...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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39:12
S5 EP10| HEALING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA part 1 with author Marie-Claire Amuah
How does a person heal from childhood trauma?Listen to author Marie-Claire Amuah who explores the impact of unresolved childhood trauma in adult life in her debut book ‘One For Sorrow, Two For Joy’ on our ‘Connecting Communities’ Podcas...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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33:07
S5 Ep9| DEVELOPING YOUR WRITING VOICE in 'Small Joys' part 2 with author Elvin James Mensah
‘Small Joys’ is the debut novel of Elvin James Mensah which tells the story of a friendship bond that blossoms between two unlikely friends called Harles and Muddy.Harles is a British-Ghanaian queer man who has a lot on his plat...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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16:49
S5 Ep8| CELEBRATING FRIENDSHIP in 'Small Joys' part 1 with author Elvin James Mensah
‘Small Joys’ is the debut novel of Elvin James Mensah which tells the story of a friendship bond that blossoms between two unlikely friends called Harles and Muddy.Harles is a British-Ghanaian queer man who has a lot on his plate. H...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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25:58
S5Ep7| EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES ON CHATTEL SLAVERY with historian Hermann von Hesse
What was life like for the average woman, man, and child in 17th, 18th and 19th century Accra?And what impact did the European presence have on the exchange of ideas, cultures, languages, traditions, trade and more?
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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55:17
S5 Ep6| CHALLENGING PERSPECTIVES: Accra, her people and the Danes
Abena Sɛwaa and KAmo, the editors of AKADi Magazine share their thoughts and highlights from a series of books written about the Danish presence in Accra during the 18th and 19th century.This segment is called: Challenging perspecti...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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34:21
S5Ep5| REMEMBERING COCKTAIL ENTREPRENEUR Douglas Ankrah - a tribute from his sister
Hello and welcome to another episode of our Connecting Communities Podcast. My name is Abena Serwaa, the publishing editor of AKADi Magazine and you were just listening to Lily Naadu Mensah, older sister to the late Douglas Ankrah ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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